![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, walk on stage during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fa5e2c42d0174f199df9fd0fd9a7648f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, walk on stage during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Lou Benoist France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, Britain's Prince William, the Prince of Wales, center, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lay flowers during the Canadian commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landing, at the Juno Beach Centre near Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Lou Benoist, Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/63c795bf7a734bcd9aa341d9acfb5cf4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, Britain's Prince William, the Prince of Wales, center, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lay flowers during the Canadian commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landing, at the Juno Beach Centre near Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Lou Benoist, Pool via AP)
![Bert Brandt FILE - U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Native American army medic who was ready to give his life — and actually saved many. Now 99, he's spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he's about to take part in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. (Bert Brandt/Pool via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6904ede16f30440c898f36e90f84815e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Native American army medic who was ready to give his life — and actually saved many. Now 99, he's spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he's about to take part in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. (Bert Brandt/Pool via AP, File)
![Chris Jackson From left, Britain's King Charles III, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Queen Camilla, and Brigitte Macron walk, during the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion's commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Chris Jackson, Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b7b34c0ecc6d4aa0b763ebf36dc2a006/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
From left, Britain's King Charles III, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Queen Camilla, and Brigitte Macron walk, during the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion's commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Chris Jackson, Pool Photo via AP)
![Kevin Wolf FILE - The headstone of Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. is seen during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Oct. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It's the military's second highest honor. The announcement was made Monday, June 3, 2024, by Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d15648378a894e44a80b90f4bfecb514/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The headstone of Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. is seen during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Oct. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It's the military's second highest honor. The announcement was made Monday, June 3, 2024, by Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
![Gareth Fuller From left, Britain's Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President of France Emmanuel Macron, and Brigitte Macron walk through the memorial wall during the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. (Gareth Fuller, Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8f38ff9309fc4fda92b3587b9f52b67b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
From left, Britain's Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President of France Emmanuel Macron, and Brigitte Macron walk through the memorial wall during the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. (Gareth Fuller, Pool Photo via AP)
![Uncredited FILE - This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. The greatest armada ever assembled, nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes, carried almost 133,000 troops across the Channel to establish toeholds on five heavily defended beaches stretched across 80 kilometers (50 miles) of Normandy coast. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded in the first 24 hours. (Chief Photographer's Mate Robert M. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6ea69c9c78674552a5dc5bc637ead12c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. The greatest armada ever assembled, nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes, carried almost 133,000 troops across the Channel to establish toeholds on five heavily defended beaches stretched across 80 kilometers (50 miles) of Normandy coast. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded in the first 24 hours. (Chief Photographer's Mate Robert M. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)
![Virginia Mayo German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Viginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/579dd46249fe490db0d3b6afedc8ef45/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Viginia Mayo)
![Uncredited FILE - American paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for the Allied D-Day invasion of the German stronghold during World War II, June 6, 1944. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Of those, 73,000 were from the United States, 83,000 from Britain and Canada. Forces from several other countries were also involved, including French troops fighting with Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The Allies faced around 50,000 German forces. (AP Photo, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4acef4c51ff94ec99a8b8e70ef729c56/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - American paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for the Allied D-Day invasion of the German stronghold during World War II, June 6, 1944. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Of those, 73,000 were from the United States, 83,000 from Britain and Canada. Forces from several other countries were also involved, including French troops fighting with Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The Allies faced around 50,000 German forces. (AP Photo, File)
![Ludovic Marin Britain's Queen Camilla, left, French President's wife Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron meet with British D-Day veterans during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8c88077677d74989b78439f0f11a311f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Britain's Queen Camilla, left, French President's wife Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron meet with British D-Day veterans during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)
![Peter Caroll FILE - Under the cover of naval shell fire, American infantrymen wade ashore from their landing craft during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, June 6, 1944. More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy. They are followed by 1,200 aircraft carrying more than 23,000 American, British and Canadian airborne troops. British forces landing in gliders take two strategic bridges near the city of Caen. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/540416dcd7374cbcb97e4921e4200845/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Under the cover of naval shell fire, American infantrymen wade ashore from their landing craft during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, June 6, 1944. More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy. They are followed by 1,200 aircraft carrying more than 23,000 American, British and Canadian airborne troops. British forces landing in gliders take two strategic bridges near the city of Caen. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll, File)
![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, greet a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e9c65058629541979d69b87eab597037/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, greet a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Alastair Grant Crowds surround vehicles driven by various vehicles owned by re-enactors on the beach, as they take part in a parade of WWII vehicles on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Arramanches les-Bains in Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/91d145767b36466c839f88724f679354/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Crowds surround vehicles driven by various vehicles owned by re-enactors on the beach, as they take part in a parade of WWII vehicles on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Arramanches les-Bains in Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
![Virginia Mayo French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with U.S. WWII veteran Andre Chappaz during an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World leaders are gathered Thursday in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ceaa2f775652416da92acddfec260182/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with U.S. WWII veteran Andre Chappaz during an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World leaders are gathered Thursday in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
![John Leicester Christophe Receveur and his daughter Julie, of France, unfold an American flag he bought six month ago in Gettysburg, Penn., to mark D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024 on Utah Beach, Normandy. As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it's rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations Thursday against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Leicester)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/11891c82348f4456b51ff183c5076ace/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Christophe Receveur and his daughter Julie, of France, unfold an American flag he bought six month ago in Gettysburg, Penn., to mark D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024 on Utah Beach, Normandy. As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it's rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations Thursday against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
![Laurent Cipriani French President Emmanuel Macron, center, his wife Brigitte Macron, center left, and US President Joe Biden, center right, and first lady Jill Biden attend a ceremony together with World War II veterans at an US cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/75802ddc95c94efaa84c3e2f52cb35c0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, his wife Brigitte Macron, center left, and US President Joe Biden, center right, and first lady Jill Biden attend a ceremony together with World War II veterans at an US cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden greets a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1880c660350b4a519989768ad919de39/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
President Joe Biden greets a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![John Leicester Christophe Receveur, of France, unfurls an American flag he bought six month ago in Gettysburg, Penn., to mark D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024 on Utah Beach, Normandy. As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it's rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations Thursday against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Leicester)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5de65ca4d6644c5e8b6ce3377ae9f577/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Christophe Receveur, of France, unfurls an American flag he bought six month ago in Gettysburg, Penn., to mark D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024 on Utah Beach, Normandy. As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it's rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations Thursday against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
![Ludovic Marin French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Queen Camilla with Brigitte Macron, right, discuss during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3d6e4a1568654fbbb37616feaad80c66/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Queen Camilla with Brigitte Macron, right, discuss during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)
![Evan Vucci President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, greet a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e24c7e88ba504516896829b61f4ab6d0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, greet a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
![Virginia Mayo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska, arrive at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Viginia Mayo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f105c262a0c34021840f35294ed56167/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska, arrive at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Viginia Mayo)
![Ludovic Marin French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla attend a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e8caf81ba7ee4c8a9ec5131d6c1e8db6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla attend a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)
![Laurent Cipriani Policemen guard the area during the sun is about to rise over Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/57331628bc204d2e9031d41432528954/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Policemen guard the area during the sun is about to rise over Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
![Cpl Phil Dye The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), the 'Red Arrows', accompanied by Typhoon Display Team 'Moggy' aircraft fly over the British Normandy Memorial, during a major commemorative event in Normandy to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Ver-sur-Mer, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. (Cpl Phil Dye/Ministry of Defence via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b4b4cbfb7dd740249f4ac5788d80a047/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), the 'Red Arrows', accompanied by Typhoon Display Team 'Moggy' aircraft fly over the British Normandy Memorial, during a major commemorative event in Normandy to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, in Ver-sur-Mer, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. (Cpl Phil Dye/Ministry of Defence via AP)
![Ludovic Marin France's President Emmanuel Macron reacts after awarding 104-years-old British World War II veteran Christian Lamb, second right, who helped to plan the D-Day landings in Normandy, with the insignia of Knight in the Legion of Honor order, as Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla, left, looks on during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d1123b7aa01c4d71900fbdc7cae66a3d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
France's President Emmanuel Macron reacts after awarding 104-years-old British World War II veteran Christian Lamb, second right, who helped to plan the D-Day landings in Normandy, with the insignia of Knight in the Legion of Honor order, as Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla, left, looks on during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)